

He authored The Photographic Dictionary of Soccer (1979), The Language of Sport (1982), and American Grand Prix Racing: A Century of Drivers and Cars (1997), and occasionally filled in for William Safire in the “On Language” column in The New York Times Magazine. Patton in what is perhaps the movie’s most unshakably memorable scene.ĭrifting away from acting in the ensuing decades - he had a cameo in Disney’s 2000 reboot The New Adventures of Spin and Marty - Considine devoted himself to writing, photography and his love of automobiles. Scott in ‘Patton,’ 1970 - Credit: Everett CollectionĬonsidine featured prominently, if briefly, in the Oscar-winning 1970 film Patton, playing the role of a “shell-shocked” soldier who gets slapped across the face by George C. Cast as a student in the 1954 Greer Garson feature Her Twelve Men, Considine met another young cast member named David Stollery, who the following year would portray Marty Markham to Considine’s Spin on the “Spin and Marty” serial. Other roles soon followed, both in film ( Executive Suite starring William Holden and June Allyson) and television ( The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Great Gildersleeeve). He launched his own acting career at age 11 when he played the son of Red Skelton’s character in 1953’s feature film The Clown. Considine Jr., was the producer of such films as Boys Town and Young Tom Edison, and his mother was the daughter of theater magnate Alexander Pantages. He appeared in yet a third Club serial, “Annette” starring Annette Funicello, and in 1959 took on the big-screen role opposite his future My Three Sons castmate Fred MacMurray in Disney’s hit comedy The Shaggy Dog.Ĭonsidine was born on December 31, 1940, in Los Angeles into a show business family his father, John W.

Tim Considine in ‘The Shaggy Dog’ - Credit: Everett Collection
